per perhaps marjorie taylor greene. what should happened to them? should they be censured? should they be removed from committees? what do you think? well, i guess that s a decision for colleagues, right? i mean, my job is to put evidence out there. as i said at the end of that, it s like, i only know of one reason to seek a pardon. because you re worried that you re guilty, that you committed a crime. this is something they have to answer to their constituents. you know, i can t enforce rules of the house or do certain things unilaterally. but i think the bigger point is, listen, america, do you really want your members of congress out there trying to bend or break the law so that they can maintain political power? that is like, anafma to everything we ever learned in history class whether you re in third grade or whether you re a senior. and that s got to stop. it s interesting because you had three trump loyalists, rose and donahue and engel, testifying today. these ar
this is don lemon tonight. a firsthand account from the witness who gave dramatic closed-door testimony to the january 6th committee, today. this is the sitting president of the united states, saying this in the white house, that was actually very scary. you have used the words frightening, and scary. you were frightened? those are strong words. of course they were pickups the. in the capitol, revelations on the plot to overturn the election. what the president told the doj. what i am asking you to do is say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congress meant. a not a conspiracy theory about italian satellites had reached the highest levels of the government. the completely baseless conspiracy theory that an italian defense contractor for flitted software to a satellite which switch to votes from trump to biden. members of congress angling for pardons. the only reason i know to ask for a pardon, is because you think you have committed a
presidential election. and that is terrifying. damaging testimony against former president donald trump as officials inside the justice department detail how he tried to weaponize the department to steal the election. plus positive news for ukraine as the european council finally says okay to them becoming an official to join the eu. we re live this hour in brussels. and growing doubt over boris johnson s future as his party loses two high elections. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is friday, june 24th. 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington. the january 6 committee has held its last public hearing before the july 4th holiday break and there were plenty of fireworks. top officials in donald trump s justice department testified the former president was relentless in pushing election conspiracies and wanted them to overturn the 2020 vote. the witnesses said every time there were bogus fraud claims,
two republicans on the committee. his questions about some of the most damning revelations so far during this hearing. congress and kinzinger said the former president told him cummaquid, just say that the president was corrupt, leave the rest to me and the republican cupboard and. a short time ago i spoke with congress and kinzinger about today s hearing, whether he thinks the former president directed the justice department to break the law. members of congress leading up to generate six? this is about trump s attempted weapon is the justice department, but it ended with the panel revealing the names of republican members of congress, who, witnesses say saw preemptive pardons from president trump, they include congressman mo brooks, matt gates, andy biggs, louis gomer, scott berry, perhaps marjorie taylor, these are sitting members of as a preventative, should they be censured? should they be removed from committees? what do you think? i think that is i guess, a dec
less overthrow the election, pressured them almost every day, asking officials to say things that were not true, that they told him were not true, and trying to get them to do things without precedence and that were arguably not legal. watch. let s take a look at another one of your notes. you also noted that mr. rosen said to mr. trump, quote, doj can t and won t snap its fingers and change the outcome of the election. how did the president respond to that, sir? he responded very quickly and said, essentially, that s not what i m asking you to do. what i m asking you to do is just say it was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the republican congressmen. i made the point that jeff clark is not even competent to serve as the attorney general. he s never been a criminal attorney. he s never conducted a criminal investigation in his life. he s never been in front of a trial jury. and he kind of retorted by saying, well, i ve done a lot of very complicated appeals and civ